https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/dyeing-pollution-fashion-intl-hnk-dst-sept
This project originates from a striking image: in 2011, the Jian River in Luoyang
Despite increasing awareness of sustainability, the demand for clothing and color will persist. Conventional solutions, such as filtration systems, attempt to clean polluted water but ultimately shift the problem elsewhere - into waste streams, landfills, or other ecosystems. Rather than managing pollution after it occurs, this project explores a preventative approach: embedding color directly into the material during growth. While technological solutions such as filtration systems attempt to mitigate pollution, they ultimately displace rather than resolve the problem, transferring contaminants from one ecosystem to another.